United States Immigration Policy on Permanent and Temporary Admissions

Download or read book United States Immigration Policy on Permanent and Temporary Admissions written by Geraldo Castillo and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four major principles underlie U.S. policy on immigration: the reunification of families, the admission of immigrants with skills, the protection of refugees, and the diversity of admissions by country of origin. Additionally, U.S. law provides for the temporary admission of various categories of foreign nationals, who are known as non-immigrants. This book explores the immigration policy of the United States with regard to permanent and temporary admissions, with a focus on current law and policy, per-country ceilings, immigration patterns and non-immigrant categories.